Cookie Policy

Collection and Use of Technical Data via this Website

Log Data

Log data can include your IP address; device and browser details; date, time and duration of visit. These data are logged temporarily on the servers hosting the website for security and quality purposes. Users are not tracked or identifiable from log data.

Cookies and Controlling your cookie settings

Cookie Data

A cookie is a small piece of data that a website asks your browser to store on your device. The cookie allows the website to “remember” your actions or preferences over time.

Our website uses cookies in the following ways:

  • Session cookies are used to deliver the basic functions of a website i.e. to allow pages to remember technical changes or selections you may make between pages. Session cookies are temporary and are generally erased when you close your browser. They typically will store information in the form of a session identification that does not personally identify the user.
  • Third party cookies by use of Google Analytics (see Analytics section).
  • This website does not use any persistent cookies.

Managing Cookies

Within your browser you can choose whether you wish to accept cookies or not. Different browsers make different controls available to you and so we provide links below to popular browsers with instructions on how you can do this. Generally, your browser will offer you the choice to accept, refuse or delete cookies at all times, or those from providers that website owners use (“third party cookies”), or those from specific websites.

Please be aware that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the usability of our website. However, you can allow cookies from specific websites by making them “trusted websites” in your internet browser.

If you share the use of a computer, accepting or rejecting the use of cookies may affect all users of that computer.

Analytics data

We use Google Analytics to gather analytics data. This is to understand how people use our website so that we can optimise the content and experience for our website visitors. Through our use of Google Analytics, information about your use of our website will be transmitted to Google. Information about your visits are aggregated with data of other users to show trends in website usage and is not personally identifiable.

Please refer to Google’s privacy policy for further information.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, you can visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Third party services

The website was designed and supported by Annertech. The website is hosted in the EEA.

Links to external Websites

Our web site may contain links to other sites. Libraries Ireland is not responsible for the privacy practices within any of these other sites. We encourage you to be aware of this when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements on other web sites you visit. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected on the Libraries Ireland site.